Shin Chuka Taisen quietly delayed in Japan, definitely coming to the USA

I hate to disappoint anyone counting down the days until Shin Chuka Taisen: Michael to Meimei no Bouken comes out for the Wii, but it’s been delayed. Starfish who is the developer of the tilt controlled shmup had the release window set for August. It’s September and there is no sign of the game in sight. Play-Asia thinks it’s coming out next week, Amazon Japan says sometime in 2007.

However the game is 100%, no questions asked planned for North America, as I previously hypothesized. UFO Interactive is taking care of the release under the name Monkey King: The Legend Begins and that is the US box art is on the right. So if you’re into the whole Journey to the West shmup deal you should be smiling like me right now. Oh and if you're scratching your head wondering what this is here is a brief rundown.